Paris, France

Paris Cooking Class: Learn How to Make Croissants

Classes Paris

$130

Gain insight into the fine art of French "patisserie" on this 3-hour croissant-making class in Paris. Prepare your dough with guidance from your instructor and learn how to fold correctly for light, fluffy croissants. Bake fresh pain au chocolat to satisfy your sweet tooth and hear handy tips for great results every time. Then, take your pastry creations from the oven and savor them with a cup of tea or coffee. Enjoy personal attention from the instructor on this small-group tour, limited to eight people.

Choose the class time to suit your schedule, then head to the cookery school in central Paris to begin your croissant class. The humble croissant is a pastry popular across the whole country, but learning how to bake a perfect batch every time requires practise and a little inside knowledge.Follow step-by-step instructions and learn how to make fluffy croissant dough from beginning to end. With hands-on guidance from your instructor, master the art of the fold and discover how to get great results every time. Then, pop your croissants in the oven and watch them slowly rise. During your class you'll also make pain au chocolat  a sweet pastry roll with chocolate filling.After roughly two hours, when the baking is done, take your fresh pastries out of the oven and enjoy them with a cup of tea, coffee or juice. When you're finished, bid your instructor goodbye and receive a box of your creations to share with friends and family along with an electronic copy of the recipes in English.

Paris Cooking Class: Chocolate Éclairs and Cream Puffs

Classes Paris

$118

Learn the techniques and traditions of French pastry-making on this 3-hour cooking class in Paris. Follow step-by-step guidance from your instructor to make choux pastry and Chantilly cream. Master key skills such as ensuring an even rise in the oven and piping cream into your pastries. Make your own chocolate éclairs and cream puffs, they enjoy them over a cup of tea or coffee. Hear entertaining stories from the world of French pastry and enjoy personal attention from your instructor on this small-group tour, limited to eight people.

Head to your cookery school in central Paris to meet your instructor, an experienced pastry chef, then enjoy a refreshing drink before beginning your 2-hour French pastry cooking class.

During your class, receive hands-on instruction from your instructor on how to make basics including choux pastry and Chantilly cream (whipped cream)  the building blocks of French pastry-making.

Next, listen as your instructor explains how to make chocolate éclairs and cream puffs, then follow the steps yourself and make your own. Learn important tips and tricks such as how to ensure an even rise in the oven and the correct method for piping cream into your delicate creations. Gain insight into the theory behind the more complex cooking methods and feel free to ask questions along the way.

When you're done cooking, sit down with your fellow pastry chefs and taste your treats over a cup of tea, coffee or an organic fruit juice. Listen as your instructor shares entertaining stories about French pastry's role in the country's cuisine and culture.

After approximately three hours in the company of your instructor, receive a box with your pastry delicacies and step outside to conclude your class.

Paris Cooking Class: Learn How to Make Macarons

Classes Paris

$118

Master the art of making one of France's most delicate pastries on this 3-hour macaron-making class in Paris. With step-by-step guidance from a helpful instructor, choose from a range of vibrant colors and create your elegant meringue shells. Whisk up the soft buttercream filling then carefully pipe it in. Relax as your macarons slowly bake in the oven, then taste them with a cup of tea or coffee. Enjoy personal attention from the instructor on this small-group tour, limited to eight people. Upgrade your booking for an advanced macarons class.

Head to your cookery school in central Paris the afternoon, then meet your macaron-making instructor over a refreshing drink before beginning your class.

During your hands-on class, listen to step-by-step guidance from your instructor and master the delicate art of macaron making. Learn how to make the meringue shells in the colors of your choosing and master the art of piping in the buttercream filling.

When your macarons are ready, sample your creations with a cup of tea of coffee and listen as your host talks of the macaron's place in French culture and tradition. After three hours of baking and tasting, take your box of macarons and head outside to conclude your class.

Upgrade your booking for an advanced macarons class and discover all Macarons subtelties

Small-Group French Cooking Class in Paris

Classes Paris

$144

Meet a local chef and learn how to cook a three-course Parisian banquet in a private apartment, right in the heart of Paris! Numbers for this small-group Paris cooking class are limited to a maximum of 8 people, ensuring you'll receive personalized attention from your knowledgeable French cuisine and food expert.

In addition to your cooking class, you can also choose to include a guided tour of the markets in Paris, providing a unique opportunity to meet local butchers, bakers, and farmers selling vegetables from their gardens. Learn how to find and select the highest-quality ingredients and how to barter to get the best price. Along the way you will purchase fresh ingredients for your lunch before returning to the kitchen. Then it's time to start cooking.

Alternatively you can skip the market tour and dive straight into this Paris cooking class. Whether you're a cooking enthusiast or a novice, this half-day Paris cooking class is a true hands-on experience: you will prepare a delicious lunch  including entree, main course, and dessert  from beginning to end. Best of all, when you return home, you can wow friends and family with your Parisian recipes and cooking skills.

At the end of your lesson, reward yourself with the delicious lunch you have prepared, accompanied by a glass of well-earned wine.

Learn How to Make French Macarons in Paris

Classes Paris

$142

Take some time out from your Paris sightseeing to learn how to make a famous French confection  macarons. Meet a local French chef in a private Parisian apartment in the heart of the city, where you'll discover the secrets behind making these esteemed, colorful French delights, made of two moist meringue shells sandwiched together by a creamy filling. This small-group experience is limited to eight people, so you'll learn how to make these special treats with personalized attention from your host.

Under the watchful eye of your host  a French chef  spend an afternoon in a private apartment in the heart of Paris, discovering the culinary secrets to making delicate macarons from the recipe of the famous French pastry chef Pierre Hermé. The double-decker macaron  made by sticking two macaron shells together with ganache (filling)was first done by Maison Ladurée, a legendary Paris pastry shop, in 1930. Today, colorful macarons line all Parisian pastry shops. Chic and irresistibly delicious, they are the perfect French treat!

Your 3-hour macaron-making experience will take place in a private kitchen, with regular utensils and equipment so you can easily make your macarons again at home. Two flavors will be chosen and created by your group out of the following options: chocolate, lemon, raspberry with Tonka bean, coconut with milk chocolate, or coffee.

At the end of your class, you will take away a box of macarons and a copy of the recipe to share with your friends back home (or keep all to yourself!).

Pastry and Dessert Course in Paris

Classes Paris

$150

Take a quintessential French pastry and dessert cooking class in the heart of Paris! Choose from six different morning or afternoon classes to learn how to make macarons, puff pastries, choux pastries and French tarts and desserts. Your 2.5- or 3-hour class is a hands-on experience led by a professional English-speaking chef who'll guide you through each step and answer any questions you have. At the end of your class, you'll get to devour your sweet creations! Whether you're a cooking enthusiast or a novice, this cooking class promises to be fun and entertaining.

Your cooking class takes place at a professional kitchen in central Paris. When you arrive, your English-speaking cooking instructor will give you an overview of the menu, teach you about the ingredients, and point out the tools and equipment you'll be using.

During your 2.5- or 3-hour class, you'll learn the techniques and terms of French cooking while making classic French desserts or pastries. This is a hands-on cooking experience, and you'll get to enjoy your creations at the end!

Recipes change regularly and are at the discretion of the chef. Below are examples of what you can expect to make during the class of your choice.

Experience Paris: Baguette and Croissant Workshop

Classes Paris

$136

Learn how to make classic French baguettes and croissants with an expert Parisian baker during this two-hour baking workshop. Using recipes handed down for generations, you'll discover the baker's secrets of creating the perfect bread. This hands-on experience takes place behind the scenes of a traditional French bakery in central Paris, and when the class is over, you'll have fresh baguettes and croissants to take with you and enjoy later! This small-group experience is limited to eight people, ensuring you'll receive personal attention from your instructor.

Your French baking workshop starts when you arrive at your Parisian bakery and go behind the scenes to become a baker for the morning. Experience the daily life of a Parisian baker as you learn the secrets of perfecting the classic bread that's an integral part of French daily life  the baguette.

There are many different kinds of baguettes, and during your workshop, you'll bake two types, as well another French favorite  croissants. The flour will fly while your watch your expert baker demonstrate the proper techniques, from mixing and kneading the dough to shaping, decorating and putting it in the oven. Then do it all yourself!

The reward for your hard work comes as you bite into your freshly baked baguette as soon as it leaves the oven. When your class is over, you'll have two baguettes and two croissants to take with you, as well as the recipes so you can do it all again at home.

Paris Cooking Class: Desserts and Pastries

Classes Paris

$142

Hone your cooking skills in Paris with a 3-hour dessert-making class. Hosted by a professional chef in a private apartment, this cooking class will teach you to make two or three desserts, some of which are typically French and others that are more global. It's the perfect experience if you have a penchant for all things sweet!

Numbers are limited to eight people in this small-group class, ensuring you'll enjoy a more intimate cooking experience.

Your afternoon in a local Parisian apartment provides a relaxed and authentic setting for your dessert-making class. After meeting your host in the center of town, take a leisurely five-minute walk to his or her private apartment, and then get cooking!

As a professional chef, your host has all the utensils and equipment you could possibly need. Put on your apron, and discover the secrets to making typically rich French desserts, as well as worldwide favorites.

The desserts created during your Paris cooking class will vary, but rest assured, whatever you eat is sure to be lip-smackingly good! Examples of typical French desserts and pastries that you may make include lemon madeleines (shell-shaped butter cookies) and tarte Tatin (upside-down caramelized apple flans). Additionally, you may make a dessert or two that is common outside of France, such as a deliciously gooey chocolate fondant or pineapples roasted in rum.

Under the watchful eye of your host, make two or three different desserts, chatting about baking, cooking and all things sugary as you go! After creating your dishes, sit down, relax and eat! You'll have roughly 45 minutes to enjoy your dessert, with your choice of tea, coffee or hot chocolate.

After enjoying a cooking class in one of the world's food capitals, you'll be ready to show off your polished cooking skills to friends and family back home!

Macarons 101: Learn How to Make the Most Famous French Dessert in Paris!

Classes Paris

$154

Macarons are probably one of the most popular desserts in French culture! But the most famous macarons in Paris are often very expensive, so why not take a macaron making class in central Paris instead? You will learn how to make them yourself with a local Parisan and then recreate them for your friends!

We will bake in small group in my Haussman-style apartment, and have a glass of champagne as we enjoy the macaroons! This is a wonderful luxury experience in Paris and a must try French dessert!

Macaroons are so versatile so we can prepare many different flavors of macaroons, for example: lemon, caramel or raspberry. Let me know what flavours you would like to try!

We'll meet at my place, in Paris 17th, very close to the Parc Monceau. After you are full with my famous French dishes, you can take a walk along the beautiful Champs Elysées or the famous Paris neighbourhood of Montmartre which are only 15 minutes from here. I'll also share with you where to eat in Paris like a local so you can enjoy the rest of your Paris trip taking part in unique dining experiences!

The Ultimate Parisian Experience: Learn how to make Crepes in Paris!

Classes Paris

$83

We are delighted to welcome you to our table to experience a marvelous taste of Brittany, France. This is a must-do in Paris and definitely an off the beaten track experience!

French cuisine is extremely famous for it's marvellous taste and fantastic array of dishes. One famous French dish to try in Paris is the Galette de Sarrasin - also known as a crêpe. In Brittany there is a distinction between the famous French dessert and galette- its savoury counterpart. What is the difference between a galette and a crepe? I hear you ask...Well, a galette is made out of blé noir (buckwheat flour), whereas the sweet crepe is made out of plain flour.

We invite you to join us for a crepe cooking experience and try your hand at making this delicious classic dish.

Have a look at our menu and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.

Menu: The Best Crepes in Paris (available for LUNCH or DINNER)

*** MAIN COURSE ***

1 Galette complète filled with an egg, cheese and ham (salt and pepper)

*please note that this course is not spicy and you can either remove any of the fillings

*** DESSERTS ***

Crêpe filled with nutella, banana and almonds

*** DRINKS ***

2 glasses of Brittany cider (this is what French locals in Paris drink with their galette!)

Paris Cooking Class: Gourmet Menu

Classes Paris

$209

Enjoy a delicate gourmet menu by our professional Chef, during a 2-hours class. The cooking class takes place in the Invalides district close to Tour Eiffel.

Immerse yourself in a typical Parisian apartment at Stephanie's, the Chef's home. Guided by her professionnal skills, you will discover the authenticity of French terroir by introducing you to the pleasure of the French terroir.

Adapted to each season, with local products, this class teaches you to prepare a high-end menu (beginner level cooking class).Under the direction of a famous chef you will sharpen your sens of taste and learn to cook French local products.

Discover the authenticity of French terroir

Enjoy a gourmet lunch with typical French products

Exceptional must-do experience with a professional french Chef / beginner level cooking class

Paris Classic Cooking Class and Lunch Experience with a Chef

Classes Paris

$120

Enjoy a delicate gourmet menu by our professional Chef, during a 2.5-hour class. The cooking class takes place in the Invalides district close to Tour Eiffel. Immerse yourself in a typical Parisian apartment at Stephanie's, the Chef's home. Guided by her professional skills, discover the authenticity of French terroir by introducing you to the pleasure of the Classic menu which includes lunch. This is limited to a maximum of 8 people.

Adapted to each season, with local products, this class teaches you to prepare a high-end menu (beginner level cooking class).

Discover the authenticity of French terroir

Enjoy a classic lunch with typical French products

Exceptional must-do experience with a professional French Chef

A unique testing place in the Invalides district close to Tour Eiffel

Under the direction of a famous chef you will sharpen your sense of taste and learn to cook for example:

In the heart of the Opera district, in a quiet corner of Galeries Lafayette, learn the tricks from our French pastry chef for pulling off the perfect macarons. Part of the Paris experience is tasting all the wonderful pastries and macarons, the French specialty.

Uncover the secrets of the macaron and become an expert of this popular dessert.

This one-and-a-half-hour class teaches you the secrets. You will learn how to make the shells and the ganache, which is the filling.

The chef uses local organic products in her recipes. These macarons are a real delicacy with timeless tastes to please everyone: chocolate, pistachio and a selection of other flavors.

Then comes the convivial moment of tasting, shared with a group of 2 to 18 people.

The class is catered towards families, friends and couples.

During the class you will make at least 4 macarons that you can eat in our Apartment on the spot or take home.

The chef provides you with the recipe to be able to reproduce it yourself.

Home Crepes Hands on Cooking class in Paris with the Chef

Classes Paris

$59

Learn to prepare real crepes in Paris and live an amazing off the beaten path experience at the chef house

A
crêpe is a type of very thin, cooked pancake usually made from wheat flour. Enter Simone house in Paris and live an incredible experience learning to prepare delicious crepes. This is a must-do in Paris and definitely an
off the beaten track experience! French cuisine is extremely famous for it's marvellous taste and taste array of dishes.

One famous French dish to try in Paris is the
Galette de Sarrasin - also known as a crêpe. In Brittany there is a distinction between the famous French dessert and galette- it's savoury counterpart.

Your hosts will teach you how to prepare delicious crepes and she will show you how to
make real crepes and share a nice time together.

Fun cooking class

Classes Paris

$168

Cooking at home with a Parisian !A fun, hands-on, and different food experience, in the home of a food-lover.

First, raid the local farmers' market together with your host, a fanatic French food buff, shopping for seasonal produce. Second, cook  fun and simple recipes to turn produce you like into superb dishes your friends will love you for. Then devours all this food  all of a sudden it's a party. We celebrate the joy of eating.

Le Chef:

I got my cooking secrets and traditional French recipes from my grandmother, a genuine cordon bleu chef. As a student, I worked in several famous French and Italian restaurants in Los Angeles to share my passion of food over the ocean, but quickly came back. Now to enjoy my love of passing my knowledge of French cooking, I'll invite you to my place for a fun cooking class.

The art of fine dining, the choice of selecting ingredients and the mastery of French cooking will be shared with you. I will also share his secret recipes of traditional French dishes with my own personal twist.

A special moment:

A second floor apartment of Paris is an unlikely place to find a gourmet French restaurant'. Far from the over-polished spoons at stuffy star-studded restaurants, is a cooking class that opens its doors to all, for one of the most unique dining experiences you'll find in Paris. Unlike other French cooking lessons, this culinary class treats guests more like fellow foodies, rather than just another student with an apron and a chopping board.

The idea is simple. An English-speaking Parisian, with a passion for food, is guiding guests through the smells and sights at the local farmers market, before inviting them home for a moment of cooking and conversation. Wearing an unmistakably pink shirt, I will greet our intimate class,maximum 6 guests, outside Metro Saint Mandé and take you shopping to select the finest seasonal products from the best farmers in town.

After squeezing into possibly the Guinness World Record holder of Worlds' Smallest Elevator, you will enter into a spacious city apartment and I hope my warm hospitality will put the room at ease. Sharing the granite kitchen bench tops we'll start the cooking together and you will have no other option but help with the preparation, chop and peel away! We will discuss the obvious differences between French food and the others and I'll tell you more about our tradition of sharing meals in France. I'll do my best to give you the right impression about French family food.

After an hour and a half of preparation, the long-awaited moment will arrive and we will sit down to feast on our achievements.

The Menu*:

Cold soup of Cantaloup and mint, white balsamic with pimento of espelette and tangerine flavored olive oilorCrème with seasonal mushrooms

Papillote of salmon on a bed of leaks and green apple wrapped in filo crustorProvençal stuffed veggies

Cheese tray

Chocolate lava cake with a side of seasonal fruitsor Financier and orange flavored chantilly cream

*Subject to change due to seasons and market availability and chef's mood!

Small-Group Food Tasting with Wine Pairings in Paris

Classes Paris

$156

Enjoy a French food and wine pairing experience in a relaxed setting. Sit back, be entertained, and enjoy 5 tasting plates paired with 5 wines with the chef and sommelier as your guides. You will enjoy 4 hours with fellow food lovers in this class of up to 10 participants. A chance to engage with your chef and sommelier as well as fellow travelers.

Your evening begins at 6pm near the corner of Rue Baudelique and Rue Ordener in Paris. This night includes a seat at the Chef's Table with a resident sommelier choosing 5 different wines to accompany each small dish that will be prepared right before your eyes by your chef. Both will help you unlock the secrets of food and wine pairing as an introduction to French food and wine culture. This is your chance to get into the mind-set of a chef as he prepares a gourmet meal. It is also an occasion to learn the master the art of wine pairing with skills you can take home.

Just sit back, relax, and observe the creativity and expertise of the chefs for this unique dining experience with delectable French dishes and wines. The chef and sommelier are here to keep you entertained while teaching you skills and easy to remember guidelines about French wine and food pairing that surely will come in handy at any of your future events.

The menu is decided by the chef and is based on what is fresh and in season. While a menu is not provided ahead of time, you can indicate at time of booking if you have any dietary restrictions that the chef should be aware of when composing his menu. The event will end around 10pm.

French Desserts Cooking Class

Classes Paris

$130

Get a hands-on experience in French desserts during a 3-hour cooking class in Paris with a professional chef. You'll learn tips and tricks for making sweet treats like crême brulée, chocolate soufflé, or a lemon tart. No more looking at photos of French pastries and droolingfind out how to do it yourself, and impress everyone back home.

Your French desserts beginner lesson begins as you meet your professional chef at a location in northern Paris.

He or she will guide you through tested recipes of quintessential bistro desserts like crême brulée, financiers, chocolate tartelettes, Parisian fruit tart, or soufflé using fresh, seasonal products and Valrhona chocolate, made from the purest of cocoa beans and renowned for its outstanding quality.

At the end of class, taste your desserts on site with a drink, and take the rest with you in a to-go box.

Paris Market Tour and Cooking Class

Classes Paris

$233

Learn the art of French cooking in the heart of the Montmartre district during a hands-on cooking class taught by a professional chef. Start by meeting the chef at a Paris market, and create a seasonal 4-course menu together from raw ingredients. Visit a butcher, fish monger, cheese shop, bakery, and vegetable shop, and take everything back to the cooking school, where you'll prepare your meal. Then enjoy your lunch or dinnera nonstop learning process from the market to the plate. All food and wine is included. Class size is limited to seven people to provide a small-group experience.

NOTE: Please be aware that this class runs either in the morning (from 9 am), or in the evening (from 5pm). Pay careful attention to the time you are booking.

Your Paris culinary experience starts by meeting your chef-guide in Montmartre, where you'll take a 1.5-hour tour of a local market.

Like a fine-dining restaurant, you will create the menu, learning how to select top-quality produce from the market and meeting local merchants. Then head back to the cooking school a few minutes away, where aprons, cutting boards, and chef's knives are provided, to begin your hands-on lesson from starter to main course to cheese platter to dessert.

At the end of the 1.5- to 2-hour lesson, sit down around the cozy dining table and enjoy your 4-course meal together, including a fine selection of cheeses from the market and French wine. Spend the next hour and a half taking your time to relax, discuss the recipes and savor the exquisite food.

Mother of All Sauces - Introduction to French Sauce Making

Classes Paris

$180

When you have a good stock, you have a good sauce. When you have a good sauce you have good food. Learn the basics of French sauce making in the Mother of all Sauces.

This class offers a good introduction to French sauces as elaborated by chef Auguste Escoffier. Traditional French cooking has always been about the sauce and stock. A whole kitchen station was dedicated just to this task. This is a fundamentals class and will prepare you to take your sauces to the next level.

In this class the sauces are the stars. We will prepare simple meat, fish and vegetable dishes to accompany our sauces. Leanr to make a stock - the essential base for any good sauce. We will also teach you how to clarify butter as well as variations of sauces to enlarge your sauce-making library.

Of course as usual, everything will be fresh and in-season, so the accompanying recipes will vary based on what is available. Some examples of what you'll make in class (based on season and availability):

For timing, some parts of the preparations may be done in advance by your chef. You will receive by email a PDF booklet of recipes including some not covered in class.

As with all our classes, the meal, wine and calories are included at no extra charge.

Highlights:-Learn to make a stock from scratch-Master the basic French sauces essential to French cuisine-Learn technics for elaborating your sauce preparations-Hands-on learning experience in a fun and convivial atmosphere

French Choux Pastry Class : Eclairs, Chouquettes, Paris-Brest

Classes Paris

$130

Learn to make the versatile French pastry dough, the pâte à choux which is used to make éclairs, cheesy gougères, the gauteau Saint-Honoré and the Paris-Brest.

This year, our choux pastry class, focuses on the French wedding "cake", the Croque en bouche, which means "crack in your mouth", describing the crunchiness of the caramel topping on these custard cream-filled pastries. You will learn how to make the pâte à choux, a nougatine base for your pièce-montée, a custard cream for the filling and caramel for dipping.

Leave with your very own creation and of course sample some in class.

In our Mad About Choux Pastry class you will learn to make from scratch, the pâte à choux. With this base, the skies the limit with what you can do with it - you may even invent your own choux dessert or apéritf who knows!

We'll be focusing on one use of this dough recipe in particular, the croque-en-bouche, that conical tour of cream puffs, which often makes its presence at French weddings in place of a wedding cake. We will make the nougatine base, the caramel, the custard cream filling and form our masterpiece.

We'll sample some of our creations in class and you can take the rest home to share.

Small-Group Semi-Pro French Desserts Class in Paris

Classes Paris

$180

Take your skills to another level with this 'semi-pro' advanced desserts class for seasoned bakers. The 4-hour class will reveal the secrets to making the classic pastries that adorn the finest Parisian bakery windows. In 2018, we will focus on the millefeuille, starting with the mastering of the pâte feuillété (puff pastry).

Meet in Paris' 18th borough in early afternoon, be introduced the the Chef, don your provided apron and start preparing. You will also be provided with all necessary materials and ingredients for the class.

In the next few hours you will learn to make exquisite French pastries from an expert chef, and work with tried and tested recipes that can be recreated at home. Learn the art of making Paris Brest, a dark chocolate tart, Mille-feuille, and the famous Baba au Rhum. You will be using Valrhona Chocolate in the class made from the purest cocoa beans renowned for outstanding quality. For your information this class also requires the use of gelatin.

The class requires you to have certain level of experience in baking as some more advanced methods are used during the session. Beginner bakers should try their hand at the operator's Bistro French desserts class.

Once the class is finished, taste your desserts on-site along with a drink, and take home the rest in the provided takeaway boxes.

Paris Cooking Class: Gluten-Free and Organic Desserts

Classes Paris

$142

Just because you're gluten-intolerant doesn't mean you can't enjoy fabulous French desserts! This gluten-free cooking class in Paris teaches you how to make heavenly French cakes, tarts, pastries and more using ingredients that are 100% organic and gluten-free. A local Parisian chef welcomes you into their own apartment and helps you bake three different desserts such as chocolate fondant, pear clafoutis and raspberry financiers -- no previous cooking skills are necessary. At the end of the class, you and your group will indulge in your delicious creations, guilt-free! This small-group cooking class is limited to just eight people, ensuring you'll receive personalized attention from your instructor.

Make your way to the central Paris apartment of your local chef, which is where your French cooking class will take place. after meeting the chef and the rest of your small group, you'll go over the menu and be given all the tools and ingredients necessary for your 3-hour, hands-on cooking class. You'll learn how to make three different classic French desserts using 100% organic and gluten-free ingredients. Menu items vary but may include moelleux au chocolat (chocolate fondant), pear clafoutis, almond tuiles (thin biscuits), raspberry financiers or poached pears. No previous cooking skills are necessary, as you'll be guided every step of the way.Once everything is made, you get to indulge in your sweet creations! Enjoy these freshly baked, mouth-watering desserts accompanied by some coffee or tea in the company of newfound friends. Whatever you don't finish during your 30-minute tasting session you can take home with you in your provided to-go box. The recipes are sent to you by email, so you can recreate these delicious gluten-free, organic desserts with family and friends back home.

Paris Cooking Class: French Christmas Menu

Classes Paris

$180

Just in time for Christmas, this winter-time cooking class in Paris lets you immerse yourself in France's rich culinary heritage while cooking a wonderful winter meal. Using fresh, seasonal ingredients from a nearby Parisian market, cook a festive, traditional French meal under the guidance of a revered French chef, and then sit down to enjoy your meal paired with French wine, finishing with a luscious Bûche de Noël cake. Take home the recipes to recreate the menu for your family and friends over the Christmas holiday!This small-group cooking class is limited to eight people, ensuring you'll receive personalized attention from your expert chef.

Your cooking experience takes place in central Paris at the home of a revered French chef, who'll lead you through today's cooking class. Your chef has professional experience in several restaurants, including a Michelin-starred restaurant, so you get to learn from the best of the best!If you choose the market tour option, you'll start at a Parisian outdoor market to help your chef pick out the fresh, local and seasonal products you'll use for your meal, such as poultry, seafood, seasonal vegetables and spices. Otherwise, head straight to the chef's home for your class. After getting settled with your provided cooking tools and going over the menu, you'll be ready to start cooking! Follow several creative, festive winter recipes to create classic French dishes such as cream of pumpkin soup and Bûche de Noël (see sample menu below). Because your class takes place in the chef's own kitchen, you'll enjoy a hands-on experience while learning tips and tricks from a pro. Your chef will coach you through every step, so no experience is required.The crowning jewel to this traditional French meal is a Bûche de Noël. This classic log-shaped cake is a favorite French dessert during the winter, and will be a beautiful addition to your family's Christmas dinner table!After everything has been cooked, sit down to enjoy your meal with some French wine. You'll take home all of the day's recipes, so you can recreate these classic French dishes for your friends and family over Christmas or any other special occasion. Bon appétit!Please note: This tour is seasonal and runs from early November to the end of January.

Memorable Souvenir from Paris: Design your own Luxury Jewel!

Classes Paris

$166

Welcome to Le Marais, a trendy, vibrant, and creative area located in the heart of Paris. You will experience and share the excellence of French savoir-faire in luxury handcrafted jewelry. First of all, we will get to know each other in a very special place at the showroom. Then, you will make a choice among a large variety of jewels. Finally, you will work at the atelier and enjoy a peaceful and relaxing experience. You will actually go back home with a luxury piece of jewel, made by you in Paris! With my beautiful jewelry, I have been helping people work on their image for over 13 years. A true passion! I use colors and original shapes to bring out the best in you and make you feel even more confident! A unique sharing experience!

The workshop will take place in Le Marais, a trendy, vibrant, and creative area located in the heart of Paris. You will experience and share the excellence of French savoir-faire in luxury handcrafted jewelry, alone or in a small group (up to 6 people). You can either come in the afternoon or in the evening for a 4 hour session. First of all, we will get to know each other around a home made meal and exquisite bottle of wine - in a very special place at the showroom. Then, you will discover a world of unexpected colors and shapes and make a choice among amazing pieces of Art Jewelry! Finally, you will work at the atelier and enjoy a peaceful and relaxing experience. You will actually go back home with a luxury piece of jewel, made by you in Paris! You can pick from a large variety of jewels worth up to 199 € on the website. With my beautiful jewelry, I have been helping people work on their image for over 13 years. A true passion! I use colors and original shapes to bring out the best in you and make you feel even more confident! A unique sharing experience!

Perfume Workshop for children in Paris

Classes Paris

$36

Design your own personal fragrance in our boutique, Molinard in St German des Prés, A Creation Molinard expert will interpret your flights of fancy, and help you to compose the perfect olfactory symphony... It's rare to find a family business which has come down through the years with its enthusiasm and standards constantly renewed. Created in 1849, Maison Molinard is one of them in Grasse the world's capital of perfume, five successive generations have handed on their emotions. Recognized by the highest distinction «Living Heritage Company», as a tribute to its rare and ancestral know-how, the company reinvents itself every day with the passion to create in inheritance.

For Children, Become a budding alchemist,create your own perfume and personalize your bottle with a sticker of your choice.3 - 10 years,18 essences, 30 min, 10 ml.For Adult, Smell and compare!A contemporary fun way to create your own perfume in a few key stages.3 bases, 6 essences, 20 min, 30 ml.The opportunity to create their own custom perfume, a unique olfactory experience at Molinard perfumer.
You will interpret your flights of fancy, and help you to compose their perfect olfactory symphony
workshop languages : English, French
A Creation Molinard expert will interpret your fl ights of fancy,
and help you to compose the perfect olfactory symphony

Gien Ceramic-Painting Workshop in Paris

Classes Paris

$108

Master the fine art of faience at the Gien workshop in Paris during this 2-hour ceramic-painting class. Gain insight into Gien's 200-year heritage from your knowledgeable instructor, peruse a range of faience patterns for inspiration and then get creative as you paint your dinnerware plate in traditional faience styles. Your personalized plate is yours to keep at the end of class. Group sizes are limited to eight people to ensure a more personalized experience.

Head to Paris' Gien workshop in the afternoon to meet your instructor and begin your 2-hour faience class, starting with an introduction to Gien's history. Founded in 1821, Gien has been making fine tin-glazed dinnerware for generations. The company originated in the small town of Gien in central France, but has established a major workshop in the heart of Paris. Today, it's widely considered the finest faience manufacturer in Europe. Learn the techniques that go into painting this beautiful dinnerware  a delicate craft mastered over the centuries. Peruse the workshop's selection of painted faience patterns, and browse a collection of books for inspiration. Once you've settled on your design of choice, take your plate and set to work creating your own design under the guidance of your instructor. If the idea of starting from scratch is a little daunting, you can decorate a plate with a pre-filled pattern. After two hours of working on your craft, stamp your plate with the prestigious Gien, made in France' seal and keep it as a souvenir. You'll also take home an additional Gien gift.

Learn to Make Croque Monsieur with a Cookbook Author in her Montmartre Home

Classes Paris

$100

Meet your host Anne at a local bakery where you will pick up fresh bread, then continue on to Anne's local butcher and grocery store to pick up artisanal ham, butter and fresh juice. Return the short walk to Anne's unique home where Anne will teach you how to make croque monsieur, including making a fresh bechamel sauce.

Enjoy your meal together either in Anne's living and kitchen area or, if it is a nice day, on Anne's beautiful rooftop terrace overlooking the famous Sacré Coeur basilica. In addition to your croque monsieur you will enjoy a fresh green salad and juice; for dessert enjoy some French pastries or sweets such as fontainbleu with fresh cream, cheese and sugar, homemade cookies, financiers or pastries from the local bakery - you'll most certainly feel like a true Parisian!

Anne grew up in suburbs outside of Paris and was a journalist for 20 years before realizing that food was her passion; she changed her career, wrote three cookbooks and has now been working in food full-time for three years. Anne delights in cooking simple things with her own creative twist, and in showing people some of the simple and delicious tricks to making home-cooked, delicious foods - like churning her own fresh butter from creme fraîche. Anne lives in a unique property in Montmartre, a tall and skinny town home that features five living floors and a beautiful roof deck overlooking the famous Sacré Coeur basilica.

Anne's passion for food runs deep. When I can't sleep I read about food, I watch about food everything is about food. When I don't feel well I have to cook. I have to feel butter and flour in my hands. In addition to her incredible passion for food and cooking Anne loves finding things at the flea market, walking through Paris and stopping in every pastry shop to eat. Ask Anne for her plentiful recommendations for places to eat and her favorite coffee shops in the city.

Notes: Please note that Anne lives in a unique property that is a tall and narrow town house; the kitchen is on the top floor, so you will need to climb five short flights of stairs to reach the experience.

Enjoy a Modern French Cooking Lesson and Meal with a Parisian in her Home

Classes Paris

$125

Your local host Aurore will welcome you to her charming, sun-filled, Parisian apartment in the 7th arrondissement, located only a short walk from the Eiffel Tower. Join Aurore on her balcony and while you sip on your welcome drink, Aurore will share stories from her life growing up in Paris.

Then, join Aurore in her kitchen to learn to cook a modern fusion French meal. Aurore is born and raised in Paris but loves adding a little twists from her diverse background (Indian, Italian, Vietnamese and Ukrainian) on classic French dishes. Your hands-on cooking class will last about 1-2 hours, and you'll help Aurore prepare 2-3 dishes from scratch. Your meal may include dishes such as smoked salmon tartare or ballotine (filo sheet stuffed with goat cheese, mint and honey), stuffed chicken (peppers, garlic, and goat cheese) or pork a la dijonnaise and will end with chocolate mousse or mini-pavlovas for dessert. Later join Aurore at the table to enjoy the meal you helped prepare.

Aurore has the most fascinating, interesting and diverse background. Her mother is half Vietnamese, half Indian; her father is half Italian half Ukrainian and her husband is French, making Aurore truly a world citizen! Aurore is a native of Paris, a self-taught cook, who inherited her love for cooking at an early age. She was truly lucky to learn cooking from her parents who came from such a diverse backgrounds and fondly remembers helping around in the kitchen doing small chores like cutting carrots for dinner. She learned from her parents to cook Vietnamese, Indian, Italian, Ukrainian and French food and now wishes to share this knowledge with her children as well!

Aurore's mother cooked almost every single meal, and Aurore does the same for her family as well. Aurore loves to cook from scratch and uses only the best ingredients; she also knows the origin story of every ingredient she uses, as she believes they are at the heart of what she does. I'm very proud when my 5 year old son tells me that his hachis parmentier (shepherd's pie) at school wasn't good because there wasn't any garlic, or nutmeg!

Aurore is happy to share some of her secret cooking tips and techniques with you as well!

Paris Croissant and Traditional Breakfast Pastry Class

Bring home the tastiest of souvenirs with this 3-hour tour. You will learn the technique for making delicious buttery croissants. Which is something that not many people have ever mastered.

Croissants were once made from plain old ordinary bread dough; nowadays, they are made from pâte feuilletée levée (layered yeast-leavened dough). It is surely one of the most technical dough in French pâtisserie.

After 3 hours spent with our chef, you will have acquired the know-how to make croissants that are light, crispy on the outside and melt-in-your-mouth soft on the inside. You will learn and perform each step in making classic butter croissants and croissants with almonds, but you will also learn how to make pain au chocolat (chocolate-filled croissants), pain aux raisins (raisin croissants) with pastry cream, and other variations of the croissant that are as delicious as they are unexpected.

You will learn some specific techniques :

Make the Detrempe: mixture of flour, water, salt, butter, yeast, used in the preparation of croissant.

Make the Beurrage: to add butter to the dough that is called pâton.

Pâton : the block of croissant dough after the butter has been folded into the detrempe to form an envelope.

Make the turns: to give turns to the croissant dough (pâton) by rolling the dough and folding it.

Feuilleter (to make into leaves): enclosing the butter in a layer of dough and folding and rolling the dough to form thin layers or leaves.

Abaisser ( to roll out): to roll out a sheet of pastry dough to the desire thickness with a rolling pin, before cutting and shaping it.

Follow la pousse (the fermentation and the rising) : the expansion of the fermented dough caused by the yeast during the rising.

Paris French Pastry and Dessert Class

Classes Paris

$114

Enrich your culinary knowledge and learn how to make French pastry and desserts. Discover the great secrets and neat tricks that make French pâtisserie, an unsurpassed art. You will learn the simple but precise techniques that make French desserts incomparable to no other one and so unique.

This course will allow you to discover and master many different techniques through making the great classics of French desserts.

On Fridays, join the French Desserts class to learn how to make basic cake mixtures: Joconde sponge cake, ladyfinger sponge cake, biscuit dacquoise, or Genoise sponge cake. You will also learn to make various creams: french butter cream, diplomat cream, classic pastry cream, mousseline, or Chantilly cream. Last but not least, you'll learn about the technique for assembling the French layers cake, Entremet, in a ring.

On Thursdays, enjoy the Tarts and Tartlets class to discover the differences between a soft short pastry dough, crumbly sweet pastry dough, and shortbread pastry dough. Bring home the secret of the meringue lemon tart, the Bourdaloue pear tart, or the chocolate ganache tart. The French are fond of tarts and you will be too.

In short, you'll learn the secrets for satisfying and dazzling even the most discriminating sweet tooth. You will learn some specific techniques, including:

Paris French Eclair and Choux Pastry Dessert Class

Classes Paris

$96

Enjoy a 2.5 hours course to discover all the meticulous details that go into making choux pastry. Offering a world of dazzling taste sensations that you will be able to prepare after this course, such as eclairs, profiteroles, Saint-Honoré, Paris-Brest, chouquettes (sugar-topped cream puffs), and Chantilly cream filled puffs, or even savory choux filled with cream cheese, chive, salmon, and more.

The word comes from French eclair, meaning "flash of lightning", so named because it is eaten quickly (in a flash). In this 2.5 hour course, you will learn how to work with a pastry bag and create garnishes and fillings like classic vanilla, pistachio, coffee or chocolate flavored pastry cream crème pâtissière. You will also learn how to glaze your eclairs with fondant icing. And as choux dough offers a very broad palette of specialties you will also do some chouquettes and some individual petits choux garnis.

With the help of your chef, you will perform all the steps. At the end of the course, if you haven't enjoyed your creations on the spot, you may take them with you.

You will learn some specific techniques including:

Drying Batter: Working the mixture over the stove.

Coucher (Piping): Placement of the batter on the pan and use of a pastry bag.

Glacer (Glazing): Brushing the surface of certain pastries

The course is taught in English by a French chef accommodate a maximum of 6 participants, which allows each student personal attention in a friendly, warm atmosphere. The kitchen is equipped with all the necessary materials so that each participant can work under the best conditions, without having to wait in line or take turns.